QUIZ What makes you a grand old wargamer?

[martin goddard]

Here are twelve  things that might indicate you have been war-gaming for a very long time.

1. You have used Bellona products in your games
2. You have wargamed with flat figures
3. You have met  any single one of  Charles Grant senior, Donald Featherstone, Tony Bath, Neville Dickinson, Frank Hinchliffe, Peter Laing, John Sanders or Phil Barker.
4. You bought a new wargaming book by Featherstone or Grant.
5. You used exclusively enamels at one time.
6.You made your own trees.
7. You attended either Southern, Midland or Northern Militaire.
8. You attended Salute at Kensington town hall or Partizan at Kelham hall.
9. You went to the cinema to see "Waterloo" or "Battle of Britain" when they first came out.
10. You bought the Airfix waterloo farmhouse when it first came out.
11. You attended a Navy day.
12. You bought a commercial set of rules that were stapled together.


Score 0-3  You young Turk!  You have a long gaming career ahead.
Score 4-7  The old days were much better.
Score 8-10 Young folk today don't know what gaming was really like.
Score 9-12 ARE YOU OK DEAR? NICE YOUNG MAN  CALLED


martin

[Colonel Kilgore]

Great news - I only scored 4. I must have a bright future ahead. Or else I just missed out on most of the best parts...

Simon

[Stewart 46A]

I scored 8, so does that make me a veteran?

I didn't meet any of the old guard, make my own trees, go to the movies or had flat figures
(Unless standing on them counts)


Stewart

[John Watson]

I can count 9. I haven't used flats, attended a Militaire or made my own trees. Now where did I leave my zimmer frame?
John

[Grey Heron]

I scored three.

Helen

[Panzer21]

6. Still some time before I get my bus pass............
Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I managed to crank up a 6 which puts me squarely in the grumbly old git category. I still think I have some tins of enamels lurking somewhere... One of my earliest memories was me on my tricycle in the back garden watching them film 'Battle of Britain' overhead. Does that count?

[Big Mike]

6 for me. When the postman delivered Bellona  pack of gun emplacements and foxholes the light suddenly turned on for wargaming for me.
Mike

[Wardy64]

Only 3 for me and a 1 for Ben- guess we are late starters.

Dave& Ben

[Leman (Andy)]

Yes, well errr..........must retire to the billiard room for a brandy.

Scored: 1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,12 plus a signed copy of Featherstone's All for a Shilling a Day which I bought direct when 16, and a vast collection of Wargamer's Newsletter which I have since donated to Liverpool Wargames Association (rather surprised that didn't appear in the list).

[pbeccas (Paul)]

A very British poll.  But I came up with being young so I'll take it.

[Norm]

Score 9 -

Another ...... used to get the Don Featherstone 'Newsletter'.

[martin goddard]

My My.
We have a cross section of old and young (Helen, Dave and Ben).  Good news I think.


martin

[Nick]

Just 4 for me. I can live with that.

Nick

[martin goddard]

Well done "young" Nick.

martin